Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Hackett has already called 2018 a “bad year,” casting some of the blame on costlier raw materials used to build cars.

At a Catcher Technology Co. manufacturing complex in the Chinese industrial city of Suqian, about six hours' drive from Shanghai, workers stand for up to 10 hours a day in hot workshops slicing and blasting iPhone casings for Apple Inc., handling noxious chemicals sometimes without proper gloves or masks.

Each year, 71 percent of all cyberattacks target small to mid-sized businesses. Why, you ask? A simple underinvestment in cyber protection.

The global healthcare supply chain management (SCM) market will be worth $2.31bn by 2022, according to research.

Faster delivery and customization are combining with automation to spur a return of apparel manufacturing to the U.S.

New SUVs and trucks are dominating this year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit. But there’s more happening in the automotive industry than big tires and four-wheel drive.